Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-02-27
TRADE NOTES

A charcoal furnace will shortly be built
at Greensboro, Ala.
1t is stated that a cotton factOy is to be
builta at Athens, Tenn
\ trades council has been formed at
Youngstown, q.
The Fall River, Mass, spinners propose
to ask for an advance on March |.
The iron trade in the Lehigh Valley is
brighter now then it has been for years.
There are in Massachusetts, three con-
Germs making cooperative shoes, one in
Lynn, one in Spencer and one in Haverhill.
The cooperative glass works recently es
tablished at Mount WinanS, Md, by the
Knights of Labor, is paying handsomely.
AbOut twenty of the moulderS employed
by Carr, Scott x Co, of Richmond, lud.,
have struck for an increase of wages.
An English exchange notes the sale of
III, 900 tons of old Hungarian rails at
Fiume for American account.
In no mill under the jurisdiction OF the
~Amalgamated Association do the men be-
gin to roll iron or steel of Sunday after
noon. .n
The Laclede rolling mills, of st. Louis,
Mo, are running double turn and full
forces in every department. Twenty pud-
ding furnaces are in operation.
The i%ourneymen painters Of Allentown,
Pa, demand twenty cents an hour. The
old rates were from ~ TO Il cents al
hour.
By organizing. the BARRIERS OF Wilkes
barre, Pa succeeded in closing 81 OF the
- shops in that city last Sunday. For
merly Sunday work was the rule.
II is still a matter of doubt whether the
Peck, Stowe 4 Wilcox Company will start
up their rolling mill again at Birmingham,
Conn.
The boycotted firm of Fuller, Warren &
Co, of troy, \. Y, have closed their en-
tire establishment, there being no demand
for their stoves.
Morris foundry, this city, is running
full time aud prospects are n better than
for many years. All of his tour foundrics
are busy.
The stove manufacturers nave refused TO
grant the demands of their workmen for
an advance of fifteen per cent. in wages, an
amount equal TO the reduction three years
ago.
The cOOpcrS ut the DeBus coOpcrage
works, at Baltimore, Md, will receive a
voluntary raise on March /. This is the
largest establishment of the kind in that
vicinity.
The German and Bohemian flint glass
workers of Nova Scotia, who have not
hitherto belonged TO the Flint GlasS-WOrk-
ers' Union, have now joined that organiza-
ton in a body.
The carpenters in Pittburg, Allegheny
and surrounding towns were never better
organized than at present, and when the
spring trade opens a movement Is expected
TO be made for shorter hours.
The Boot and ShOemakers' White La
Dor League of California is active and grow
ing. Ii has three agents on the road on
the Pacific coast talking up the white labor
stamp. 1t is also asking for favorable leg
islatiOn.
The mutual BARRIERS association of Mas
SachuSetts have voted TO establish a death
benefit fund, and a ritual, seal and charter
were adopted. The influence Of the union
| will be used to secure legislation against
Sunday shops. 49,
The Knights OF Labor have taken hold OF
the strike of the weavers in the Washing
ton mills, Gloucester City, New Jersey,
and have ordered 225 additional hands,
who are in room \. |, to stop work until
further notice. 1t is probable that if the
weaverS be not given their demand a gem
eral strike will be ordered.
The cuikefs at all the bOatyards on the
| NonOnpahela river struck fol- an advance
of a from 81 - to 81 n day on last
| SATURDAY.. The advance was granted by
Phillips x Mittenzwey and will be granted
by VIM. Bonner. The men directly in
terested number about 300, and are all
knights of Labor.
East Douglas has a Satinet mill and an
axe maufactOry, the latter having been eS-
tabliShed for over ninety years. East
Douglas is practically the only MaSschu-
sets town where axes are made, and with
CollinSville, CT, the whole New England
manufacture. Large Siberian orders have
been received, and Just at present business
is quite briSk.-RQStQ1 Leader.
The Industrial Cooperative Association
of Olneyville, X. l., has declared a q per
cent dividend on cash purchases by stock
holders, and 5 per cent dividend on those
non-members. Rate OfintereSt on capital
invested was fixed at D per cent tCr the
ensuing year. Report of the manager OF
the store showed $500 worth OF business
done for the past three months, a gain OF
| 1916 IL over the previous quarter.-Ner
HdreR Telegram.